Friends! One week + one day till Thanksgiving. Are you ready? Are you hosting? I'm hosting a smallish gathering of 9 adults and 8 children. I can't wait. Menu: Thanksgiving 2018 • Philadelphia Fish House Punch (my favorite, what I look forward to most) • Alice Waters's Potato Gratin (my second ...
Favorite All-Purpose Pie Dough Recipe {Video} + 5 Pies and Tarts I Use it For
Friends, Thanksgiving is one week away. Let's review: Dough Making, Pie Baking No matter which pie dough recipe you use, the principles of making it will be the same: keep the ingredients cold, cold, cold. Purists will say that making a pie dough in the food processor is a no-no, but I find it ...
My Favorite Holiday-Preparation Trick
Note: This is NOT a sponsored post. Just a fan of this particular Prosecco. I sampled Lamberti Prosecco at the Niskayuna Wine Store one Friday afternoon last fall and immediately bought a couple of bottles. A few weeks later, I had the brilliant idea of buying a case of it to get the ...
18 Favorite Fall Chicken Recipes (Weeknight-ish)
Hello from Memphis! Some of you know Alexandra's Kitchen was nominated for a Saveur Blog Award in the weeknight cooking category. It was a complete surprise and even more of a surprise to learn last night that Alexandra's Kitchen won the Editors' Choice Award. I can't thank you all enough for ...
9 Favorite Fall Pasta Recipes (Weeknight-ish)
I am a wimp with cold weather. As soon as I feel a chill in the air, I find myself walking around the house clad head-to-toe in winter gear: hat, fleece-lined leggings, slippers, and all. I also find myself craving pasta. Here are a few of my seasonal favorites. And while I love all of them, if ...